Leaving Despair Behind - DVD

Internet pornography is dramatically changing community behaviour and standards. What's different about Internet pornography is the triple 'A' threat. More and more people are slipping into watching pornography and struggling because online pornography lacks accountability, it's anonymous and it's so accessible.

The sex industry is now a $100 + billion industry. But what about Internet pornography? Well, there are all sorts of statistics on its scope and scale. But who really knows? Certainly its income is in the billions. However, the telling statistic comes from Google. Currently one quarter of all Google searches are now for pornography. These days Google doesn't readily reveal total search figures. But last year a research group called comScore estimated that Google handled 235 million searches a day in July.

The latest statistics on gender usage may surprise. Internet Pornography is not an exclusively male thing. In fact, usage splits 70% male and 30% female.

And the effects of Internet pornography are being felt in churches.

In March 2010, Outreach Media is running a campaign across its partner churches to provide a platform to raise this issue not only with their congregations but with the whole community. And this is honouring to the Lord Jesus Christ. We, of all people, should be the ones who deal truthfully and frankly with difficult topics, showing leadership in our communities.

This DVD was produced as a resource to accompany this campaign and is designed to be shown at information nights for the whole community.